Question

The highest scorer of the women's basketball championship was Jessica Bradley. She scored 146 more points than Tina Harner, her teammate. Together, Bradleyand Harner scored 1592 points. How many points did each player score during the championship?

Answer 1

Let Tina Harner's point be represented by 'x'.

Also, let Jessica Bradley's point be

$x+146$

Therefore,

$x+x+146=1592$

Evaluate for x

$\begin{gathered} 2x+146=1592 \\ 2x=1592-146 \\ 2x=1446 \\ x=\frac{1446}{2}=723 \\ \therefore x=723points \end{gathered}$

Then, Jessica Bradley's point is

$x+146=723+146=869$

Final answers

$\begin{gathered} Tina\text{ Harner=723points} \\ Jessica\text{ Bradley=869points} \end{gathered}$